The early age of Greece. Volume 1 | WorldCat.org
First published in 1931 as the second edition of a 1901 original, this book contains the first volume of Sir William Ridgeway's history of the culture and practises of the early Greeks. Ridgeway uses a number of ancient sources from literature and archaeological findings to demonstrate how the Achaeans gradually distinguished themselves from the surrounding tribes.
Print Book, English, 2014
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2014
pages cm
9781107434585, 1107434580
890937713
Preface; List of illustrations; 1. The remains and their distribution; 2. Who were the makers?; 3. The Homeric age; 4. Whence came the Acheans?; 5. The early Iron Age; 6. The round shield; 7. Inhumation, cremation, and the soul; 8. The brooch; 9. Iron; 10. The Homeric dialect.